We arrived back to our Anthem, Arizona home late last evening from our amazing motorcycle holiday with friends! We are pictured above, riding into Key West, Florida.
During our 2 weeks, we rode:
~ through Arizona and New Mexico experiencig some cool, rainy weather.
~ to San Antonio, Texas, where we took in the unique 'River Walk' that San Antonio is known for, as well as the site of the infamous battle of the Alamo.
~on to Galveston, Texas...what a beautiful coastal city with a gorgeous sea walk on the Gulf of Mexico, that we rode in along! Houses on stilts in vibrant colors! Who knew that Galveston was an island?
~arrived to New Orleans with plans to stay a couple of nights so we could spend a full day taking in this unique city. We enjoyed the only sunny day that New Orleans had had for a full week---great timing! In the morning, we took a private four hour tour to take in the various aspects of the city...and what a historic, diverse, and devastated (in areas) city, it is---with a culture all it's own! We had our tour guide drop us off in the French Quarter and we walked and shopped our way through that, and had dinner on the infamous 'Bourbon Street', where our balcony table afforded us a great view of the shenanigans! If you are in to people watching, the French Quarter DOES NOT disappoint, and Bourbon Street was rocking already at 6:00 p.m. on Friday evening!
~traveled from New Orleans, Louisiana, into Mississippi (wow...there were some gorgeous coastal cities, including Long Beach and Golfport, with fine white sand beaches and impressive beachfront homes), then into Alabama (which also surprised us with it's gorgeous Gulf Coast beaches). We rode through such lush and prosperous agricultural communities in Mississippi and Alabama, too. Gorgeous day of riding through 4 states, arriving at Panama City, Florida for the night.
~the rest of our bike trip was spent touring around Florida including: amazing coastal rides where the colour of the water is intense blues and greens; through the lush Everglades; up through the outstanding Florida Keys area ( the 110 mile ride from Key Largo to Key West was simply incredible, with a combination of quaint ocean townsites and lengthy bridges that joined the keys and traversed the Gulf and Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean); and finally arriving to the very busy Orlando area.
~during our trip we took in an airboat tour of the Everglades (which is the only way to truly see the beauty and diversity of the Everglades); we did a 27 mile Jet Ski tour of the perimeter of Key West, which had us riding in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean (great way to take in the island); and a zip line tour at Sanford, (by Orlando) that included 8 zip lines and 3 suspension bridges (what a viewpoint you get from up there!)
~then the motorcycles went into storage at a Harley dealership, until we fly in to Orlando to resume our adventure up the Eastern seaboard next September!
Feeling very blessed to have had this great experience with great friends!
I will resume posting your card readings tomorrow and I am excited about that, too!
Blessings to you,
Linda
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